Urgent: Paraguayan president removed from office after Senate impeachment vote-Xinhua

Urgent: Paraguayan president removed from office after Senate impeachment vote

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-11-07 06:07:30

ASUNCION, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Paraguay's Senate on Friday voted to remove President Santiago Pena from office following an impeachment trial over a banking scandal.

Pena was accused of conflicts of interest involving a private bank, financial manipulation and misuse of pension funds. ■